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Top Earner in South Korea: Owner of Tear Gas Company

A woman who heads a tear gas company earned more money than anybody else in South Korea last year, the result of a surge in violent protests, tax officials said today.

The Office of National Tax Administration said in a report to the National Assembly that Han Young Ja, president of the Sam Young Chemical Company, earned $7.3 million last year and paid $3.4 million in income tax.

Mrs. Han's company holds a monopoly on the production of tear gas, an often-used form of riot control in South Korea.

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A version of this article appears in print on October 9, 1988, on Page 1001019 of the National edition with the headline: Top Earner in South Korea: Owner of Tear Gas Company. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe